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2010 Map of Saint Thomas

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Saint Thomas
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

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Saint Thomas and Saint Henry anchor this corner of Le Sueur County, where the landscape is defined by a dense concentration of rural burial grounds and a complex network of agricultural drainage. The area's heritage is visible in the numerous denominational and community cemeteries, such as the Salem German Evangelical Church Cemetery, Saint John's Evangelical Cemetery, and Dresselville Cemetery. These sites are linked by a grid of township roads and county highways that navigate around Rice Lake and Ely Lake.

The hydrology of the region is highly modified, featuring prominent man-made channels like County Ditch Number Fiftythree and County Ditch Number Fortyone which supplement the natural courses of Le Sueur Creek and Forest Prairie Creek. This reliance on drainage infrastructure illustrates the intensive land management required to sustain the farming communities surrounding Thomas Lake and the various crossroads settlements.